Meet Results

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The Plattsburgh State women's cross country finished in second place at the 41st-Annual Cardinal Classic that was hosted by Plattsburgh on Saturday, September 2. The team finished with 54 points, as the top-five finishers for the Cardinals all found themselves within the top 15 spots.

Marissa Colvin (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) was the first Cardinal across the finish line with a personal best time of 20:48.9, good for a sixth-place finish overall. Not too far behind was junior Sarah Smith (Lake Pleasant, N.Y./Wells), who was the ninth person to finish overall and the second Plattsburgh runner with a 21:26.0 mark, also a personal best. In their first collegiate race, both Lillian Moran (Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central) and Anya Sloth (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta) finished in succession with times of 21:49.7 and 21:50.2, 12th and 13th for strong performances in their collegiate debut. 

The Cards took home a second-place finish behind St. Lawrence, who had nearly all of their top seven runners finish in the top 10 on the day. Plattsburgh was able to finish ahead of Clarkson and Paul Smith's in the team standings with the four teams qualifying for scores. The Cardinals will next race in Saratoga Springs at Pitney Meadow Community Farm in the RPI Harvest Classic on Sept. 16 at 11 a.m.

Ginny Lucchetti (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) posted a massive personal best on the Rugar Woods course, as she bested her time from last year by over five minutes, finishing in 14th place with a time of 22:13.8. Rounding out the Cardinal top seven finishers were Jayelee Southwell (Morrisonville, N.Y./Peru) and Kayla Grant (Lake George, N.Y./Lake George), finishing in 16th and 18th place, respectively. Southwell posted a 23:10.6 finish and Grant registered a mark of 23:22.8, as both competed in their first collegiate race on Saturday. Natalia Castro (Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville) and Grace Boyle (Blauvelt, N.Y./Tappan Zee) were each in the top 30 finishers as well, rounding out a strong number of performances for Plattsburgh on their home course.